Attending the 2017 AMS Conference on Applied Climatology

Several of our scientists and staff are attending the American Meteorological Society’s (AMS) 23rd Conference on Applied Climatology from June 26 through June 28. The AMS Committee on Applied Climatology and American Association of State Climatologists organized the conference to be held in Asheville, North Carolina.

Stemming from the 2017 AMS Annual Meeting theme of “Observations Lead the Way,” this conference showcases talks on utilizing applied climate science and building observational weather and climate datasets in a variety of forms.

Check out the topics below to learn more about several of the products and services that our scientists are highlighting at the meeting. And, follow #AMSApplied2017 on social media for more updates on the 23rd Conference on Applied Climatology and our contributions to it.

Climate Data Records

NOAA’s Climate Data Record (CDR) Program strives to develop and implement a robust, sustainable, and scientifically defensible approach to producing and preserving climate records. CDRs reveal Earth’s short- and longer-term environmental changes and variations, allowing scientists and decision makers to better understand and assess the climate system and its impacts across society.

State of the Climate Assessments

We place a high priority on interpreting and applying scientific understanding to our extensive array of climate datasets. To that end, we provide analyses of weather and climate events, placing them into proper historical perspective, understanding their unusualness, and—increasingly—comparing recent events to expectations of future climate conditions.

Success Stories on User Engagement

American and international companies from many different sectors use NCEI’s data to make business decisions. Considering that you rely on products and services from these businesses, you are an indirect consumer of our climate and weather data. The ways in which you are aided by climate and weather data are numerous, even if the connections are not obvious.

Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters Data and Information

NCEI is the Nation's scorekeeper in terms of addressing severe weather and climate events in their historical perspective. As part of our responsibility to monitor and assess the climate, we maintain a record of the weather and climate events that have had the greatest economic impact from 1980 to 2017. The United States has sustained 208 weather and climate disasters since 1980 where overall damages reached or exceeded $1 billion (including CPI adjustment to 2017). The total cost of these 208 events exceeds $1.1 trillion.